H.B. 62 Road Jurisdiction Amendments

What this bill does

Updates the state law listing which roads the Utah Department of Transportation is responsible for building, maintaining, and plowing. It adds clarifying language for the completed Mountain View Corridor between Salt Lake and Utah Counties and for a new road connection in Utah County.

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Every vote

• 8 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to change the bill · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 8 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Transportation Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 8 yes, 0 no, 4 absentHouse Transportation Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 2, 2026Who voted how
• 71 yes, 0 no, 4 absentFinal House vote · Feb 5, 2026Who voted how
• 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: vote to approve it · Feb 12, 2026Who voted how
• 5 yes, 0 no, 3 absentSenate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee: Consent Calendar Recommendation · Feb 12, 2026Who voted how
• 23 yes, 0 no, 6 absentFinal Senate vote · Feb 19, 2026Who voted how

Hearings and debates

• Feb 2, 2026 House Transportation Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (48 turns)

  1. Committee chair (presiding)1:35

     So we'll start with HB 62. Is, uh, representative Grisha here? There she is. And Representative Grisha, are you speaking to the second sub, right?

  2. Rep. Stephanie Gricius1:48

     Yes. And fun fact, the second sub and the first sub are completely identical. They just put the senate sponsor's name on the first one on accident, so we had to fix that so we could do it in here. Um, thank you Mr. Vice-chair, members of the committee. You guys saw this bill during the interim, and so I'll just focus on the changes in the second sub, if that is All right. Um, mountain View Corridor is now constructed, and so udot needs to finish taking jurisdiction of that road so they can continue to do their magic. Um, and then also there is a new road that'll connect the Cedar Valley Highway and Mountain View Corridor, um, in Utah County that they are going to also be putting in. And that can concludes my presentation.

  3. Committee chair (presiding)2:32

     Thank you. Do you, can you just talk briefly to the difference or the changes in the second sub?

  4. Rep. Stephanie Gricius2:37

     The two things I just added are new. Um, this is just the annual bill of what is a udot road and what is not. Um, and so there was the original version that we missed those two changes in, but just really just clarifies that these are state roads.

  5. Committee chair (presiding)2:53

     Great. Okay. We'll take it back to the committee for clarifying questions. See Representative Thurston, is that you? Yes.

  6. Rep. Norman K Thurston3:06

     Think I just have a, just a quick question. So, um, how do we make the decision about which roads should become state roads and which should stay?

  7. Rep. Stephanie Gricius3:13

     Um, not state roads, Regional significance. Okay. Is there a group that makes this decision? Um, I, I, you told me you were gonna do this to me. The answer is I don't really know. And I really hope you utah's here to answer your question if you actually want an answer and I didn't see them earlier.

  8. Committee chair (presiding)3:30

     All right, well, well, well hang on. If they, if they show up before I vote now, then I'll change my vote. Uhhuh, Maybe I can, oh, Leif is here. If I, maybe I can weigh in. Oh, they're there. Oh, he just walked In. Ha is right on time. The

  9. Committee chair (presiding)3:46

     Committee would like to know how you make the decisions on what is a state road

  10. Leif Elder, Utah Department of Transportation3:56

      Leif Fel with udot. That's a, that's a great question. We follow state statute. Each state road is described in state statute, and then, uh, before the sections that provide those descriptions, there are criteria that outline what a state road is versus what a local road might look like. So, for example, in urban areas, typically a state road is gonna be a more regional facility that allows, uh, large amount of vehicles to travel from, you know, maybe one area to another area, while local roads generally provide access to businesses and schools and so forth. But all of that criteria is outlined in state statute. Uh, and I'm not super prepared to speak on that, as you can tell, but I would be happy to get back with you.

  11. Rep. Norman K Thurston5:06

      Just a quick follow up if I may, Mr. Chair. Go ahead. So the, the roads that are in this particular bill, those were vetted and proposed by somebody. Do you know who that somebody was? I, I sure do.

  12. Leif Elder, Utah Department of Transportation5:16

      Thank you for that question. Representative Thurston, the roads in the bill, uh, are proposed by UO. Um, there's a small change for the, uh, uh, mountain view corridor. Uh, the Mountain View corridor, uh, used to end there. It, it took a little bit of a, uh, eastern Turn towards Porter Rockwell. Well, now that little leg has been given over to Porter Rockwell and Mountain View Corridor. As many of you know, and this isn't a small change, but we've continued Mountain View Corridor down through Utah County, uh, and to, uh, 20, 2100 South. And so that's a change that you see in the bill. There was also just a, uh, a couple of technical changes where we're just cleaning up descriptions to make it more clear where a road begins and ends. The intention wasn't to change those roads. So I'd say this mostly is technical changes as far as road descriptions go.

  13. Rep. Norman K Thurston6:33

      Thank you. Thank you for bailing out the sponsor. We're glad to have you here.

  14. Rep. Stephanie Gricius6:36

      I need to apologize. Uh, Representative Thurston promised me hard questions and I told him my answer was gonna be that I hoped you were here. So

  15. Unknown speaker6:45speaker not certain

      We're always here for you representative.

  16. Committee chair (presiding)6:48

      Okay. Representative Peterson.

  17. Rep. Peterson (surname only, unresolved)6:50speaker not certain

      Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. So, um, what would happen if I'm not proposing this, but what would happen if, if if the bill wasn't uh, adopted,

  18. Leif Elder, Utah Department of Transportation7:01

      Then the roads would not change and Porter Rockwell would still be part of a state road and the other roads would still be built on plan. We just wouldn't formally take ownership of them until next year when we redo this bill again.

  19. Committee chair (presiding)7:17

      Okay. Yep. Go ahead, Representative Christofferson.

  20. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson7:22

      So part of this is the, the safety of, you know, the patrols. So the Highway Patrol takes it over if it's State road, and if it's if it's county or city, they the local, uh, people take care of that.

  21. Unknown speaker7:36speaker not certain

      I figured that might be what the answer was. Thank you, Mr. Vice Chair. Can I respond to that?

  22. Committee chair (presiding)7:41

      Yes, please. My husband will tell you

  23. Unknown speaker7:43speaker not certain

      that Highway Patrol is doing a dang good job on the new section of Mountain View Corridor. He's already met them.

  24. Committee chair (presiding)7:53

      Okay. Any other questions from the committee? I don't see any. So let's, uh, we'll go to the public. Is there anybody from the public who'd like to speak to this Bill? Anybody online? Okay. I'll close the public comment portion, uh, and we'll come back to the Committee for action. And remember there's a second sub Representative Thurston.

  25. Rep. Norman K Thurston8:22

      Thank you Mr. Chair. I move that we adopt the second substitute for House Bill 62.

  26. Committee chair (presiding)8:28

      Okay. The motion is to, um, adopt the second sub for house bill 62. Would you like to speak to that motion? Yeah,

  27. Rep. Norman K Thurston8:35

      I like sub substitute one better, but substitute two will be just fine.

  28. Committee chair (presiding)8:41

      Fine. Okay. Uh, okay. Back to the committee for any comments to the motion. Uh, seeing none go to the bill sponsor for summation. I

  29. Unknown speaker8:51speaker not certain

      Think the sponsor name on two is significantly better, personally.

  30. Committee chair (presiding)8:55

      Thank you for the motion. Wow. Yeah, to do everything. Representative Chev, could you go mute? Is that Yes. I'll Just a great time to first chair a meeting. Um, okay. Um, all in favor of adopting the second substitute to HB 62. Say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? Say aye. Aye. I had to unmute for that. Sorry. Thank you. Okay, we're on the second substitute.

  31. Committee chair (presiding)9:28

      Any other motions? Yep. Oh, I did Representative Thurston,

  32. Rep. Norman K Thurston9:38

      I move that we recommend favorably house bill 62 second substitute.

  33. Committee chair (presiding)9:42

      Okay. The motion is to recommend favorably second substitute of House Bill 62. Would you like to speak to that?

  34. Rep. Norman K Thurston9:47

      Yeah, I would. I mean, this is, I mean this is a little bit of levity here today, but this is kind of an important thing because it does establish jurisdiction for maintenance and operations and other sorts of things. So this is kind of a big deal to actually, to have these roads de designated as state roads. It's good for the community, it's good. It helps us keep our funding straight. It does a lot of really good things and I'm glad that the sponsor is doing this for us today.

  35. Committee chair (presiding)10:08

      Okay. Back to the committee for any discussion on the motion. Seeing none to the bill sponsor for summation,

  36. Rep. Stephanie Gricius10:15

      I appreciate the motion and if appropriate, I would love to be considered for the consent calendar.

  37. Committee chair (presiding)10:20

      Okay. Back to the motion maker. I'll waive. All right. All in favor of, um, passing forward favorably HB 62 road jurisdiction amendment second sub say aye. Aye. Aye. Opposed say nay. I will rule that passes. Um, and HB 62 is recommended favorably. Okay.

  38. Unknown speaker10:42speaker not certain

      Thank you, representative gracious, Mr. Chair.

  39. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson10:49

      Thank you. I move that we put this on the consent calendar.

  40. Committee chair (presiding)10:53

      Okay. The motion is to put this on the consent calendar. You'd like to speak to the motion.

  41. Rep. Kay J. Christofferson10:58

      Uh, it's something we do every year to rightsize the, you know, to, to just make sure that every road is the jurisdiction is correct. And so, um, it's pretty standard and I don't think we need to take up a lot of time on the floor.

  42. Committee chair (presiding)11:14

      Okay. Back to the committee for any discussion to move to the consent calendar. Oh, okay. Representative Romero,

  43. Rep. Angela Romero11:22

      Just a quick question. Is there a fiscal note on this? 'cause I don't have the bill pulled up in front of me.

  44. Unknown speaker11:27speaker not certain

      There is not, No.

  45. Rep. Angela Romero11:29

      Okay. I have no problem then.

  46. Committee chair (presiding)11:32

      Okay. Back to the bill sponsor.

  47. Rep. Stephanie Gricius11:34

      I would greatly appreciate it.

  48. Committee chair (presiding)11:36

      Okay. Back to the maker of the motion for summation. I'll waive. All right. The motion maker waives all in favor of moving, um, HB 62 to the consent calendar road jurisdiction amendment. Say aye. Aye. Opposed, say nay. I rule that passes and we'll move this to the consent calendar. Thank you committee. Okay.

• Feb 5, 2026 House floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (5 turns)

  1. Speaker (presiding)14:13

     Representative gracious.

  2. Rep. Stephanie Gricius14:15

     Thank you Mr. Speaker. This bill is just the annual cleanup bill that we do for udot. Um, in regard to road jurisdiction, it spells out which roads are state roads, um, with the completion of Mountain View Corridor, that strip that was under construction, um, spanning Utah and Salt Lake County. They had to make some clarifications there as well as a new road that's being constructed in Utah County. Just to make sure we're clear on who's doing the maintenance, who's in charge of the costs. Um, and most of the bill is just technical cleanup. Thanks.

  3. Speaker (presiding)14:47

     Thank you. Mad, uh, Representative Gricius. This voting will now be open on second substitute HB 62.

  4. Unknown speaker16:20speaker not certain

     Abby seeing all President hand voted voting is now closed. Second substitute HB 62 passes this body with 71 yes votes zero no votes will be sent to the Senate for its consideration.

  5. Speaker (presiding)16:48speaker not certain

     Madam Meeting Clerk

• Feb 12, 2026 Senate Transportation, Public Utilities, Energy, and Technology Committee▶ Watch
  Transcript (10 turns)

  1. Committee chair (presiding)1:04:22

     House bill 62 second sub Representative Garcias welcome.

  2. Rep. Stephanie Gricius1:04:29

     Thank you. And this is a first, the house is actually on the floor right now. Yes. So I just thought it was a calendaring glitch. Turns out it wasn't. So ran up here as quick as I could. Um, thank you. Committee. This is just the annual udot Road jurisdiction bill that just cleans up and clarifies which roads UDOT is responsible for maintaining and building and plowing and all of the above. Um, you'll notice we're on second substitute because the one that the good chair and I spoke about adopting in house committee originally got adopted under his name and not mine. And so we had to switch that. So they're identical. Um, and the second sub's already adopted. But really, there's just a couple of little clarifiers in here. Um, with the completion of Mountain View Corridor between Salt Lake and Utah Counties, there was a little section that they had to make sure was clear as well as a new road in Utah County. Happy to answer questions.

  3. Committee chair (presiding)1:05:23

     Thank you. Questions from the committee? Seeing none, anyone from the public desiring to address this bill? Saying none. I'll bring it back. The committee.

  4. Committee chair (presiding)1:05:34

     Senator Millner, Go ahead. I I move

  5. Sen. Ann Millner1:05:38

     the, we pass out HB 62 second substitute, uh, road jurisdiction amendments to the Senate floor with a favorable recommendation Discussion. That motion seeing none represented for summation. I would appreciate it. And I'd also love for this to be considered for consent if applicable. Thank you.

  6. Committee chair (presiding)1:06:00

     Send an email there. I think it would be better Not at this point next, Because there are no, We only have eight house bills on our board. It's next week. Yeah, I'd rather not have to think about it if the committee's open to that. Okay. Let me call the motion. Call it. All in favor. Passing out favorably. Second substitute house bill 62 to the floor of a favorable recommendation. Say aye. Aye. Any opposed? I'll rule that passes unanimously.

  7. Sen. Don L. Ipson1:06:29

     I move to put it on discussion that saying none.

  8. Committee chair (presiding)1:06:35

     All in favor say aye. Aye. Aye. Any opposed? All rule that passage unanimously. There you go.

  9. Unknown speaker1:06:40speaker not certain

     Thank you committee. And I, I hope that you still all have the opportunity to, uh, offer your appreciation for the good chair here. Appreciate you.

  10. Committee chair (presiding)1:06:49

      Thank you. All right. Let's see. Representative Shallenberger, you are here just in time.

• Feb 19, 2026 Senate floor debate▶ Watch
  Transcript (3 turns)

  1. Senate President (presiding)20:24

     Back to you, Senator Harper.

  2. Sen. Wayne A. Harper20:26

     Thank you Mr. President. Uh, this is our annual, uh, cleanup Bear bill where we go through and, and when there are new construction state highways or modifications where we trade with, uh, cities or counties on geo on roads, this is the annual bill to do this. Uh, this year the roads that are affected are only in Utah County, uh, to be in Southern Salt Lake County Dean Mountain View Corridor, Porter Rockwell Boulevard, pioneer Crossing, and a couple of roads just to make sure those have been added to, constructed and open. They're on the state maintenance list. Thank you for the presentation. Senator. I'll take A thank, I'll move that second substitute house Bill 62 pass.

  3. Senate President (presiding)21:09

     Thank you. The question is, shall a second substitute house Bill 62 pass. Roll call vote. Senator Derry Aye. Lewin Brammer Aye. Bus? Aye. Comore es Camilla Aye. Fillmore Grover Aye. Harper Aye. Hankins Aye. Ipsen Aye. Johnson Aye. Quan Aye. McKay Aye. Mikel Aye. Milner Musselman Owens pitcher Plum Plum Rebi Sandal Stevenson Stratton Bickers Weiler Aye. Wilson Aye. Winterton Aye. Fillmore Aye. Rebe President Adams Aye. Second substitute house Bill 62 Having received 23 a votes zero nay votes, six being absent passes his body will be signed by the present returned to the house for the signature of the speaker. That concludes our work on the consent calendar. Let's go to the third reading calendar, house Bill 1 28